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<p>That’s a load of <a href=“mailto:cr@p”>cr@p</a>. If it makes you feel better that your grades blow because you couldn’t manage your time then more power to you.</p>
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<p>Don’t get your panties in a knot now. GT is more about grinding out work than anything, although there might be a slight advantage for standardized test takers. If you put in the time you’re more than likely going to get a decent grade.</p>
<p>To the OP, I’m kind of in your situation (sort of smart, have to work hard). But then again, so are most of the people who come to Tech.</p>
<p>There are days, maybe a week, when the pressure will really get to you, but for the most part its manageable. Tech is tough, but its not so unbearable if you put in the work. </p>
<p>Ironically enough, Schaden is right, you could be as dumb as a brick (when you enter Tech, but you’re probably not), and still get good grades because you put time into it. Shockingly enough, thats the philosophy everywhere. You have to put in work to get the knowledge. I have met only a few of these people that Schaden implicitly refers to that get good grades without doing any work at all. Most people have to put in the work to get a decent grade and learn something.</p>
<p>Now for social life. I am not much of a party person myself. I would rather hang out with my friends, go the games, etc. And there are, except for dead and finals week, always some sort of event, productions, gathering going on. There’s also the Tech Rec, which I particularly enjoy, especially to destress in between classes. There are many things here, but you won’t always see it in a tour that lasts an hour.</p>
<p>In the end, it is all about time management. You won’t be able to do everything you want or always have fun, but that comes hand in hand with the rigorous education.</p>
<p>Tech is all about time management IF you have the mental capacity for the material. If you don’t you’ll probably be out the door in two semesters. I roomed with a kid who was valedictorian of his high school from Vidalia Georgia. He didn’t know what a tangent line was. To this day im still confused by that. Anyway, studied his butt of but just couldn’t cut it.</p>
<p>Ironically enough, Schaden is right, you could be as dumb as a brick (when you enter Tech, but you’re probably not), and still get good grades because you put time into it.</p>
<p>-bayezid</p>
<p>I just want to emphasize this point. A lot of the complaining I hear is that you have to be a reincarnation of Isaac Newton to make it at Tech. Not true. I have never personally witnessed a person failing at Tech because he/she was not intelligent enough. There is a fine line between not being intelligent enough and not putting in the effort. If you were accepted here, you are intelligent enough, so that really only leaves people dropping out because of the latter. </p>
<p>Of course, being a naturally intelligent person makes things easier, but nonetheless you don’t have to be one to succeed here. </p>
<p>The thing that will set your apart from the rest is a natural desire to learn. If you have a passion for learning science related material, you won’t have a problem here. The problem arises when people comes here only for the almighty “tech degree” (I.E. People that come here for the degree and not the knowledge.)</p>
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<p>What is being debated is whether or not you can be an idiot and get by. Not that only geniuses get degrees.</p>
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<p>Just because you’ve been accepted as an undeclared major (many come in this way) doesn’t mean you are smart enough to major in Nuclear Engineering. GT admits a fair share of kids that barely meet the requirements. Yes a lot of kids fail out because they aren’t used to studying, but a fair amount fail out of their major into something else (HTS or management) or fail out of the school period (usually the ones that try to stick out their engineering major). It wasn’t until about halfway into my junior year that I didn’t hear about this anymore. </p>
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<p>I transferred in as a CmpE my sophomore year. My experience was that a small portion of CmpE majors changed to EE because of the difficulty. Some of these people (because the difficulty drop wasn’t that big in EE), including students who were originally EE, eventually went on to management. Some of this was no doubt because of time management, but I personally met several people that just didn’t understand the topics at the level that was required. I have no idea what you studied but I simply noticed people disappearing from my building. I can say without a doubt that you will not graduate as CmpE or EE without managing your time AND having a decent understanding of the material. Unless you’re in a class of equivalent morons, you’re not going to beat or meet any curves.</p>